Minutes of East Clare Area Network Meeting, 27/09/07, Adult Ed. Centre, Scariff.
Attendance: Mike H, Aobhan H, Margaret L, Orla S, Eilis H, Ann K, Martina C,
Anne OD, Mike R, Lorraine H., Kees Duson, Caroline Kelly
Apologies: Mike D, Richard C.
Updates:
Community Education: number of tutor hours (for VEC registered tutors) available
before year end. Application forms are circulated with these minutes and are also
available from cef@clareadulteducation.org
K/B Family Resource Centre: A number of courses, including BTEI are about to
start: Watercolours, Art & Craft, Photography (a few places left), Stained glass
(places). Move to courthouse ongoing and plans for dry stone walling, horticulture etc
depend on the move.
CLLN: If anyone wants Equality & Managing Diversity Training for staff/tutors,
please contact Martina. She has a course in ennis planned for October, but than is full.
If other course is requested, she will let everybody know in case one or two are
interested.
FETAC upskilling day on November 12th in Ennis. Booking is online at www.sfe.ie
This is the first time Ennis was a venue without a specific request, so it is important to
support it. Morning session is for centre coordinators, afternoon for all on
Assessment.
There was only a standard response to lobbying letters on BTEI and FETAC
upskilling. A copy of the lobbying letter on FETAC is attached to the notice of the
November session on Upcoming Events, on our website
Ring 065 6895422 or email ict@clarelearningnetwork.org for help in updating pages,
courses or for lost/forgotten passwords.
St Anne’s Community College: First Aid and Internet and Email courses will
begin on October 8th in the school. Registration is during school hours on
Wednesday October 3rd or 7.00 – 8.00 that evening.
ESOL registration is at 6.30 on the 8th Oct in the school.
BTEI: in Scariff a L4 (2 modules) pre childcare course will run before Xmas with a
full L5 beginning after Christmas, Jan – Nov 2008. IT for Beginners will run on
Mondays at 9.15, also Ceramics and possibly woodwork & Stained Glass. Food &
cookery will run in both Scariff & Killaloe after Christmas. In Killaloe 2 Business
modules, Manual & Computerised Payroll and Manual & Computerised Accounts .
Also IT at 11.30 on Mondays.
Mike R is seeking submissions for next year as proposal to DES will be returned
shortly.
VTOS has 22 students, 80% Irish which is a big change. Are working on plans to
refurbish building.
CABES: Offering eLearning, one to one tuition, Group Literacy, Support Literacy,
Integrated and Themed Literacy, ESOL, Family Learning. Maths (household
budgeting – manual and IT), ITABE, and a new programme with theme Think well,
write well and speak well about myself.
eLearning Thursdays (starting Thurs 4th Oct) drop in 1.30 to 3.00; class 3.00 – 5.00.
Conference: Benefits of Non Formal Learning. Woodstock, Ennis, November 30th
2007. Details sj.ryan@crws.ie
Alfa Project: 29 students; 15 studying 6 modules at FETAC L4, others new students.
Have identified progression routes for these. East clare Coop have application to HSE
for Stone Carving and Clay Modelling.
East Clare Community Support: Courses for 60+ age group, Parents and Toddlers,
Art & Jewellery making, Making Choices.
Mental Health week is Mon 8th to Fri 13th October. Lots of free activities; Ennis
venue is Cois na hAbhna. Check details at www.mentalhealthireland.ie
Invite to new members: Ann will contact CELT and Seedsavers to join network.
Mike H gave an input on the DES (2000) White Paper Learning for Life.
Core Principles are: Lifelong Learning as a systemic approach, Equality and
Interculturalism.
Six priority areas are: consciousness raising, citizenship, cohesion, competitiveness,
cultural development and community development.
Mike identified areas which have been addressed (BTEI, Adult Guidance, Community
Ed, Adult Literacy provision) and which have yet to be addressed (Adult Learning
board, National professional forum for Adult and Community educators, Accrediting
Prior Learning).
New Agenda for meeting on Thurs Dec 13th at 11.30 in Adult Ed Centre, Scariff
Updates
LLL strategy issues (evaluation to include progression requests/ promoting active
citizenship, Hardship fund)
CLLN end of project report
New Agenda
AOB
Lunch.